February
office closed
c/o 2025 ss advisor email + mailing sent
c/o 2025 advisor app opens
office closed
WS/FCS school holiday - all schools
begin releasing c/o '25 advisee lists to advising team
staff advisor
Crosby Scholars Advising Calendar
KEY:
Junior Events
Senior Events
Advisor Deadlines
Miscellaneous
National Counselors Appreciation week
spring semester class schedules arrive this week
fall transcript record reports arrive this week
ACT prep email #2: testtaking strategies
CN 1 Meeting Outline FREE ACT Test Prep
NACAC virtual college fair
ACT prep email #3: test-taking strategies cont’d
FREE ACT test prep (E & R)
staff advisor team meeting
CN 1 advising period begins
c/o 2025 advisor app closes
staff advisor assignment confirmation emails sent
FREE ACT test prep (M & S)
E+MC no school
finish releasing initial c/o '25 advisee lists to staff advisors
ACT prep email #4: preparation for test day
ACT prep email #5: encouragement the day before ACT exam @ school except @ E+MC
day to appeal Q1+2 OSS CN 5+6 advisor
CN 1 email to c/o '25 active advisors
ACT test date
staff advisor timecards due
Crosby Scholars Advising Calendar
staff advisor team meeting
NCA+T + NCCU
WS/FCS no school except E+MC E+MC no
CN 2 advising period begins CN 2 advisor training
CN 2 email to c/o 2025 advisors make up TLS
c/o 2025 t-shirt distribution begins IB exams begin junior newsletter
staff adv contact tracking report due
CFNC’s virtual career fair
May digital SAT registration deadline virtual TLS
advisor timecards
Crosby Scholars Advising Calendar
staff adv contact tracking report
Junior
Senior
Advisor Deadlines
Miscellaneous
Book Review Academy Option c/o 2025 are considered juniors until July 1, 2024
No conference notes are due in June + July. Advisors are encouraged to communicate with their advisees and to follow the rising senior summer outline: For College Pathway or For Life Pathway The Class of 2025 officially become Crosby Scholars seniors on July 1!
WSFCS 1st day of school
CN3 advisor training (postponed) Open House for most WSFCS common app opens senior newsletter
campus visit: Elon + Guilford CrosbyConnect training
CN 3 advising period begins
event
August SAT + ACT registration deadline
NCLA 1st day of school
email weekly email
Financial Aid newsletter
staff team meeting book review academy ends
CN3 advisor training class schedules arrive staff advisor timecards due Crosby Scholars scholarship pathways released c/o ‘25
staff contact tracking report due
Crosby Scholars Advising Calendar
Crosby Scholars Advising Calendar
CSS Profile list of participating schools + programs Crosby Scholars Scholarship Pathways
CN 4 For College Pathway meeting outline
CN 4 For Life Pathway Meeting outline
NACAC virtual college fair
Carolina Classic Fair closes
CN 4 training
UNC System Virtual OH @ ECSU, NCSU, NCA&T, UNCA
CN 4 advising period begins
CSS Profile opens small group advising at Title 1 schools fall meetings one begin
newsletter
UNC System Virtual OH @ NCCU, UNCC, UNCP, UNC
UNC System Virtual OH @ ASU, ECU, FSU, UNCSA
UNC System Virtual OH @ UNC CH, UNCW, WCU, WSSU
schools closed weekly email
Piedmont Opera - cultural awareness scholarship
Forsyth County college fair
Carolina Classic Fair opens
college visits: UNCC + UNCG
staff advisor timecards due
Crosby Scholars Advising Calendar
Crosby Scholars Advising Calendar
Crosby Scholars Advising Calendar
Community Service deadline: January 31
Many regular decision and ED II deadlines are in early January.
CN 5 meeting outlines FCP I FLP
CN 1 meeting outlines FCP I FLP Questions? contact us at advising@crosbyscholars org
class schedules arrive
CN 5 advising period begins
CN 1 advising period begins
weekly email weekly email
begin releasing c/o '26 advisee assignments
c/o 2026 info sheets distributed to advisors
record reports arrive
financial aid newsletter
c/o 2026 ss advisor email + mailing sent
staff advisor timecards due CN 5 email CN 1 email
CN 5 + 6 training
Initial training +
1 Information
staff adv contact tracking report due
Senior
February is Financial Aid Awareness Month
CFNC’s Financial Aid Awareness webinar series finaid@crosbyscholars.org
Crosby Scholarship deadline #1
CFNC’s How to Pay for College Understanding Financial Aid
CFNC’s NC State Aid
advisor assignments confirmed
essay coaching service ends National School Counseling Week Intro to W-S Foundation’s Scholarships webinar Intro to Thurgood Marshall College Fund webinar
CFNC’s FAFSA Walkthrough
CFNC’s Evaluating Financial Aid Offer Letters
email weekly email weekly email weekly email weekly email weekly email weekly email weekly email Smart Borrowing webinar
TLS in-person session TLS virtual session
TLS virtual session
April ACT reg.
staff advisor team meeting staff adv contact tracking report due
TLS virtual session staff advisor timecards due